Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From joeira +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: jo‧ei‧rar

Verb edit

joeirar (first-person singular present joeiro, first-person singular preterite joeirei, past participle joeirado)

  1. (agriculture) to winnow (to separate grain from chaff by throwing them in the air)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to winnow; to sift (to separate the good from the bad)

Conjugation edit